"It's not difficult to sing in German; it's difficult to feel in German. This takes time. It's a culture."

-- Cecilia Bartoli

#Culture Quotes #Difficult Quotes #Take Time Quotes

“Americans need rest, but do not know it. I believe this to be a large part of the explanation of the crime wave in the United States.”
“The efficacy of religion lies precisely in what is not rational, philosophic, nor eternal; its efficacy lies in the unforeseen, the miraculous, the extraordinary. Thus religion attracts more devotion according as it demands more faith - that is to say, as it becomes more incredible to the profane mind.”
“Tyrannosaurus is the most superb carnivorous mechanism among the terrestrial Vertebrata, in which raptorial power and speed are combined.”

Source : Henry Fairfield Osborn (1921). “Collected papers”
“In order to spur economic growth we need to put the brakes on out of control spending, lower Ohioans tax burden and create a most efficient and effective government.”
“If you're going to say to all the people that you're working with, 'We want you to treat the customers honestly; don't lie and don't cheat,' it is somewhat hypocritical if you're not following the same rules.”
“Some people, I think, think that because I don't take it as seriously as a lot of the girls do, that I frown upon modeling or think it's stupid. I don't at all. This is my life. I would be nothing without this. But I really don't take it seriously.”
“We're never going to have respectful and reverential relationships with the planet- and sensible policies about what we put in the air, the soil, the water - if very young children don't begin learning about these things literally in their houses, backyards, streets and schools. We need to have human beings who are oriented that way from their earliest memories.”
“There is honor in being a dog.”

You may also like:

Anna Netrebko
Operatic soprano
Bryn Terfel
Bass
Daniel Barenboim
Pianist
George Frideric Handel
Composer
Gioachino Rossini
Composer
Luciano Pavarotti
Performer
Maria Callas
Opera singer
Placido Domingo
Conductor
Renee Fleming
Consultant